Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors · Michigan

Applegate, Inc.

Jackson, MI · ~136 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
1.0
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Applegate, Inc. runs at 37% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors workplace, earning a grade A.

Applegate, Inc.: 1.0 TCR = 37% of Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Applegate, Inc. safety composite

Applegate, Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 86% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 39%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 1.03 per 100 workers

Safer than 86% of industry peers

DART rate
D 2.06 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Applegate, Inc.: 0.0 → 2.1 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 2.1 TCR · DART/TCR 2× in 2024

Applegate, Inc.'s TCR rose 2.1 from 0.0 in 2023 to 2.1 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Jackson, MI AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade A · TCR 1.0 · 37% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #25/153
  • PHOTO Sauer Mechanical, LL…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 3 inj
  • SIZE ~136 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Sauer Mechanical, LLC Aero (0.0 TCR gap)

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Applegate, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Applegate, Inc. averages 1.0 TCR (37% of the Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Applegate, Inc. TCR series: 2023=0 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.8

Where Applegate, Inc. falls in its industry

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-c establishments

Safer than 86% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Michigan alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #25 safest of 153 Heating, ventilation and air-c employers in Michigan.

Applegate, Inc. (136 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Applegate, Inc.
Applegate, Inc. (136 employees, TCR 1.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

Applegate, Inc. has more employees than the Heating, ventilation and air-conditionin median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2023 0.0 0.0 0 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · MI · Jackson

5,793 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,393 rated employers in Michigan with headcount on file · 207 employers in Jackson, MI · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Sauer Mechanical, LLC Aero 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lozano Plumbing Services, Inc. dba: Plumbing Master 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Arizona Fire Protection, Inc 1.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Endur Contractors, LLC 1.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE FEBCON Inc. 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE R.L. Bondy Insulation 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE International Paper 136 FTE
STATE-SIZE All Locations 136 FTE
CITY-NEAR Allegiance Health 4,779 FTE
CITY-NEAR Main Hospital Campus 3,076 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford Jackson 2,045 FTE
CITY-NEAR Henry Ford- Jackson Downtown Campus 1,201 FTE
NAT-TCR J.J. Leon Construction, Inc. 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR DVL Group, Inc 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Gore Nitrogen Pumping Service 1.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Safran Seats USA 1.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE Waldrop Inc 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Edenbrook of Oshkosh 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Brox Industries Inc. - Contracting 136 FTE
NAT-SIZE Dominican Village 136 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.